Samuel Kahanamoku
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Full name | Samuel Alapai Kahanamoku | ||||||||||||||
Nickname | "Sam" | ||||||||||||||
National team | United States | ||||||||||||||
Born | Honolulu, Hawaii | November 4, 1902||||||||||||||
Died | April 26, 1966 Honolulu, Hawaii | (aged 63)||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||
Strokes | Freestyle | ||||||||||||||
Club | Hui Nalu Club | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Samuel Alapai Kahanamoku (November 4, 1902 – April 26, 1966) was an American competition swimmer who represented the United States at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris, where he won a bronze medal in the men's 100-meter freestyle event.
He was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, and was the younger brother of the Godfather of Surfing and Olympic gold medalist Duke Kahanamoku.
See also
References
External links
Media related to Samuel Kahanamoku at Wikimedia Commons
- Samuel Kahanamoku – Olympic Games results at databaseOlympics.com
- Samuel Kahanamoku at IMDb
Categories:
- 1902 births
- 1966 deaths
- American male freestyle swimmers
- Medalists at the 1924 Summer Olympics
- Native Hawaiian sportspeople
- Olympic bronze medalists for the United States in swimming
- Olympic swimmers of the United States
- Sportspeople from Honolulu
- Swimmers at the 1924 Summer Olympics
- American swimming Olympic medalist stubs